I was not exactly a fat child, but not thin, either. I was fleshy, and I think that was hereditary. I started to gain in my 20s but caught it right away. I managed it until I got married, then being in a different eating environment it all caught up with me, and brought diabetes and heart disease along with it.

I also have a huge appetite. I can eat way more than DH. It's only because I have been trying to control it that I am not a lot bigger than I am.